Department of Counseling, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran. , Dayarian@iaukhsh.ac.ir
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Background: Marital heartbreak occurs due to a set of unrealistic expectations and irrational thoughts and ups and downs in life, which gradually destroys the love between couples, and sometimes completely, and provides the basis for divorce.
Aims: The purpose of this research was to compile and validate a preventive package for couples' marital heartbreak based on the lived experiences of couples who are heartbroken from married life.
Methods: The current research was based on qualitative approach and descriptive phenomenological method. The participants of this research included couples who were unhappy with their married life and referred to Behsa Family Counseling Center located in Isfahan city in 2024, who were selected by purposeful sampling method and according to the entry criteria. People's lived experiences were investigated with in-depth and semi-structured interview tools, and the data reached saturation with 23 interviews. Qualitative data analysis was done by MAXQDA2020.1 software. In order to validate the package, the group of experts, including specialists, was used.
Results: The results showed that a total of 1114 basic themes, 23 sub-themes and 7 main themes including: emotional and affective factors, cognitive factors, psychological factors, behavioral factors, systemic factors, sexual relations, economic factors were identified as predictors of marital dissatisfaction. The content validity index (CVR= 0.92) and the content validity index (CVI= 0.96) were calculated, which were found to have sufficient validity and reliability according to experts.
Conclusion: According to the values obtained from the indicators, the educational package of marital dissatisfaction has been validated, therefore this educational package can be used in family counseling and couple therapy centers to prevent marital dissatisfaction of couples and also reduce marital dissatisfaction of couples who are dissatisfied with married life.
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Special Received: 2024/11/8 | Accepted: 2025/01/11
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